Tag: #mountains
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Running Mill Mountain. Again.
I ran Mill Mountain three times in 10 hours this week. And then jumped straight into leg day. I didn’t even have to do that during the Blue Ridge Double. Pro tip: Don’t spend the hour after leg day sleeping in your car. Because the car extrication process is going to be painful and graceless.…
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The Gym Life Chose Me
“Stop whining. You chose this.” “I didn’t choose the gym life. The gym life chose me.” And it chose the hell outta me this week. Because after my last post, after Beautiful Beastie worked my arms to the point of uselessness, Skratch and J-Vicious both dared me to go to Arm Day. So obviously I…
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Our National Running Day
When my people celebrate National Running Day, we like to get started early. And mix things up. Because running requires strength on top of cardio. And this our holiday. We were going to celebrate the hell out of it. I can’t remember exactly how the idea came about. These days it usually starts with Skratch…
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Psht. We Totally Had It
So, y’all know that Rogue and I haven’t been … how do you say it … Training? I mean we don’t ever really train in the traditional sense. But if we know we’ve committed to a race, we’ll ramp up our mileage a bit. All of a sudden. Kind of hurky jerky. And call it…
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Hi-Dee-Hoe’n With The Crew
Guess who’s sweeping the lower 10 miles of the CtC marathon? Yeah. Stop laughing. I’m feeling pretty confident about it. I successfully led a group through the Hi-Dee-Hoe Loop yesterday morning. I did. Except by successfully led, I mean that I was forced out in front and stopped at all intersections (and maybe even a…
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A Promiseland Parallel Run
I’m not sure it’s actually parallel. Because geometry. I’m not even sure where Promiseland is in relation to Day Creek. This is just where they sent us to keep us out of the way. I’m out here wandering around Day Creek Trailhead while I wait for Rogue to get here. Just looking for a gate.…
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Mild Adventure Week
I just rolled up into Easter Sunday dinner at my mom n ems with the dirt and smell of an 8 mile hike on me. I did put on mostly clean sweats and t-shirt before I headed in. And washed my hands once I got in there. But sweat is sweat and mud is mud…
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Monsoon on the Mountain
Just got home. Sun’s coming out. It wasn’t out 3 hours ago when I was climbing to the top of a mountain . Do you know what was out? Tornado warnings. We’d planned this Banquet of Friendship trip to Christmas Mountain weeks ago. And at the Blue Ridge yesterday, GJB reaffirmed commitment from his core…
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When 11 Miles Turns Into 16
16.47 total miles 4,331 total elevation gain 3am wake up call notifying me that one of my probation kids went MIA. 9am message from Endong that he and Parkhurst were heading out to North Mountain. *sigh* Fine. First I have to go find this child. Somewhere in Roanoke. Two hours later I found her. In…
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I Don’t Know Why
Before I begin, let me say that I’m going to make all of the landmarks in this post plural. On purpose. Because of who I am as a person. If you’re from the Roanoke area, you may be aware that McAfee Knob is often inaccurately referred to as McAfees Knob. And it’s possible that one…